Mill Hill moments with the dogs

October: Perpetua Coast 20-Mile Race

 

Beaver sighting March of 2023,
in a side-channel of the Methow River above Mazama

(Above is a MOBP photo of a beaver relocation in progress)

(Above is an aerial view of a Methow Valley beaver dam)

(Above is a beaver pair relocated by the Methow Beaver Project!)

Beaver signs & tracks from a county park on the Okanogan River,
January 2025

Read more about beavers here:

 Strategies to Strengthen Human-Beaver Relations in Washington State

Or read more about the Methow Beaver Project

 

I first visited Goat Peak Lookout in 2020 just for fun, but returned the

following year to record the site for the SHPO and to take note of

the work needed to be done following the Cedar Creek Fire

Also on that trip, we recorded the Buck Mountain Lookout,

which is just over the Loup Loup Summit and now in

the hands of the Colville National Forest

Once we moved to the Methow Valley, the Lookout Mountain

Lookout became one of our favorite local jaunts with a two
mile trail just above town & viewshed overlooking the
Sawtooth subrange; then in 2024 the Methow Valley
handcrew and I hauled new lumber up to the
tower on our shoulders for necessary repairs

The First Butte Lookout Tower still remains but the ground

buildings burned in the 2021 Cub Creek II Fire, after

which we made a visit to update the site record